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September 2012
MATCH POSTPONEDTonight’s home
FA Cup replay against Gainsborough Trinity has been
postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The match
will now take place next Tuesday night 2 October,
kick-off 19:45hrs.
The match next Wednesday against Bradford Park Avenue
will now be rescheduled for later in the season.MOTORS MATCH ALL TICKETThe away match at
Vauxhall Motors on Tuesday 30 October is to be all-ticket.
Tickets are priced at £10.00 for adults with
all concessions at £6.00. More details on
distribution will be available as soon as possible.25 September 2012
BLUES SIGN SOUTHPORT STRIKERChester have signed
28-year-old Southport forward Tony Gray. Gray scored
24 goals for the Haig Avenue side in the Conference
Premier last season and has scored an impressive
78 goals in 158 matches for the Sandgrounders. It
is reported that work commitments was preventing
him from taking on extra training at Southport.
He has signed for an undisclosed fee, believed to
be four figures. Gray will go straight into the
squad for Saturday’s league match at Stalybridge
Celtic.24 September 2012
FA CUP DRAW

Should Chester
overcome Gainsborough Trinity in Wednesday
night’s FA Cup replay they will face
FC Halifax Town at home in the third qualifying
round on Saturday 6 October, kick-off 15:00hrs.

Chester played Halifax earlier in the month
running out 2-1
winners thanks to goals from Ben Mills
and Dave Hankin in an entertaining encounter
that saw the visitors on top for much of
the opening period. Manager Neil Young said:
“If we get through we will have the
hardest tie of the round once again. We’re
going to have to do it the hard way.”

Chester were held 1-1
at Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday with Nathan
Jarman equalising late in the first half for
the Blues after they had fallen behind as
early as the tenth minute through a strike
by Paul Connor. There was no start for new
signing Mark Redshaw, the striker didn’t
receive international clearance in time for
the tie and as such won’t be available
for the replay either.

BLUES INTERESTED IN DENSONChester have given
Colwyn Bay seven days notice that they wish to speak
to 21-year-old full-back Luke Denson. Denson was
an apprentice at Tranmere Rovers and joined The
Seagulls three years ago when Neil Young was manager.CFU MEETINGThere will be a members
meeting of City Fans United in the Blues Bar at
the football ground this Thursday night starting
at 19:30hrs. 21 September 2012
STRIKER SIGNS ON SHORT TERM CONTRACTChester have signed
27-year-old forward Mark Redshaw on a short term
contract until December. Redshaw has recently been
playing in Holland for FC Oss and, if international
clearance comes through, could make his debut tomorrow
at Gainsborough Trinity in the clubs first forray
in the FA Cup since it reformed over two years ago.
Manager Neil Young is also looking for another forward
with a “proven goalscoring record at a higher
level” to replace Adam Proudlock who left
the club recently.

Young told the Chester Chronicle: Young said: “Mark
will come in on a short-term deal and we will have
a look at him but we are still hoping to sign a
permanent replacement for Adam Proudlock next week.
We have identified who we would like and after both
clubs have played over the weekend we will speak
with his club.”

The winners of tomorrow’s cup match will receive
£4,500 prize money, should there be a replay
it will take place next Wednesday, kick-off 19:45hrs.20 September 2012
GREAT WIN FOR YOUTH TEAMGoals from Ryan Barry
and Carl Pleavin gave the youth team, a mix of 16
and 17 year-old’s, an excellent victory at
Burscough in their first FA Youth Cup match, since
the club reformed. The young Blues side will now
face Ashton Athletic at home in the second qualifying
round in the on Thursday 4 October, kick-off 19:45hrs.
Admission costs are £2.00 for adults, £1.00
for concessions and it is free for children.

Chester: Ryan Nield, Owen Crawford
(Sean Miller 75), Corey Mason, Richard Tomassen,
Jordan Grace, Josh Lyth, Callum Woods, Ryan Barry
(Jonny O’Sullivan 85), Tom Peers, Joe Ormrod
11, Conner Kendrick (Carl Pleavin 65) Subs not used:
Ollie Foster, Josh Rimmer.19 September 2012
FA YOUTH CUPChester play their
first match since reforming in the FA Youth Cup
tonight when they travel to Burscough in the first
qualifying round, kick-off 19:45hrs.18 September 2012
AIRBUS FRIENDLYChester ran out 3-1
winners in a friendly at Airbus tonight. The goals
came from Wes Baynes, trialist Fola Onibuje and
Nathan Jarman. The Blues team was: Fearon, Baynes,
Collins, Linwood (Horan), Clancy, Booth (M.Williams
46), Sarcevic (Hankin), Powell, Howard, Jarman,
Onibuje. 16 September 2012
BLUES ABANDON EFFORTS TO SIGN MILLSChester
have abandoned plans to sign Ben Mills following
his loan spell at the club. The 23-year-old Macclesfield
Town forward had an outstanding eight games spell
for Chester in which he scored nine goals but the
full-time player won’t be making the move
permanent after a week of talks with the east Cheshire
side failed to produce a satisfactory outcome.

Chester had agreed a five figure sum, believed to
be £10,000 for the former Nantwich Town striker
but it appears the asking price was then upped by
30% after Mills scored a hat-trick against Guiseley
last week. It is reported that Chester increased
their offer but it still fell short of the Silkmen’s
new valuation.

Whether the player would have signed is unknown,
he is currently full time at Moss Rose and also
holds an academy role at Stoke City. Chester’s
players are all part-time of course and are paid
for 37-38 weeks of the year, as opposed to the 52
weeks Mills is on at Moss Rose. Young will now turn
his attention to finding another striker to replace
Mills, hopefully in time for Saturday’s FA
Cup match at Gainsborough Trinity.

Manager Neil Young (pictured) became increasingly
frustrated as the transfer saga dragged on last
week. He told the Chester Chronicle: “The
deal, financially, was not in the best interests
of the football club. I had to look at the deal
from a business point of view and from a playing
squad point of view and I have decided to pull out
of it.”

“Without going into details we did everything,
financially, to make it happen. It’s not anyone’s
fault when you are part-time and you looking to
sign players from full-time clubs. It will always
be difficult financially to do. We wish Ben well
for his future career. I’ve got a fantastic
squad of players and now our attention turns to
our next match.”

League
Table10 September 2012
FA CUP DRAWChester
face an away tie at fellow Conference North side
Gainsborough Trinity in the second qualifying round
of the FA Cup. The tie will take place on Saturday
22 September.

Manager Neil Young told the Chester Leader: “We’ve
been handed another unkind cup draw which is disappointing,
but we’ll just after get on with it. It would
have been nice if we could have received a home
tie in front of a big crowd, but I’m sure
Gainsborough won’t be happy that they have
drawn us.”

“I’ve had a look down the full FA Cup
draw and it looks like we have received the hardest
tie, but we’ll certainly be full of confidence
after starting so well in the league. We face two
long trips to Lincolnshire, but I know Nathan Jarman
won’t be alarmed because he lives in Scunthorpe.”
CHESTER MOVE SECONDChester
produced a superb performance on Saturday to record
a 4-0 win over unbeaten Guiseley. Hero of the day
was on-loan striker Ben Mills who scored a hat-trick
to take his tally to nine goals in seven games since
his arrival from Macclesfield Town.

A delighted Neil Young said “I thought we
were fantastic from start to finish. After watching
Guiseley in midweek I wanted the players to keep
the ball better and the lads carried out the plan
to perfection.”

Manager
Young made several changes from the side that
fought out a thrilling 2-1 win over FC Halifax
Town in midweek; in came John Danby, Levi Mackin,
Antoni Sarcevic, Wes Baynes, and Marc Williams
while Scott Brown made his debut in midfield.

It took Mills just five minutes to open his account
ramming the ball home at the second attempt and
followed that 20 minutes later with a long range
effort that Lions ‘keeper Steve Drench should
really have saved. The hat-trick was completed
on the hour as MIlls headed home after George
Horan had nodded across goal a Wes Baynes free
kick.

The scoring was completed six minutes from time
as substitute Iain Howard scored with an angled
shot from he edge of the area.

The victory moved Chester
above their opponents into second place behind Brackley
Town who have also won their opening seven matches
and have a superior goal difference.

Goal machine Ben Mills was on target once again
to give Chester an early lead but the defence, with
Martin Fearon replacing John Danby who injured himself
in the warm up, to make an impressive home debut
in goal, survived relentless pressure from the visitors
for much of the rest of the first half. Dave Hankin
extended the lead eight minutes after the break,
scoring his first goal for the club in the process,
before the Shaymen reduced the deficit through a
great Jon Worthington strike just three minutes
later.

A delighted manager Neil Young praised his sides
resolve after the game telling the Chester Chronicle:
“I thought, particularly first half, they
(FC Halifax) passed the ball very well, got the
full-backs on and great credit to them. We nicked
a goal, although saying that I thought for the first
10 minutes we were the better team, but once we
scored that woke them up and they started dictating.”

“But no-one can question
our effort and commitment. The Chester public
should be very proud of every one of those lads
because their effort and commitment against a
very good side was there for all to see. Not one
of them left anything out there on the pitch –
every one of them put every ounce of their body
into it.”

“Some of Halifax’s
football was a pleasure to watch – I was
enjoying it myself in the first half particularly.
But we got them in at half-time, stopped Jason
Jarrett getting on the ball, let their right-back
come out a little more and tried stopping Jason
St Juste on the other side.”

Chester entertain second placed Guiseley tomorrow,
kick-off 15:00hrs. Like the Blues, the West Yorkshire
outfit have won their opening six games of the
season and only lie second to Brackley Town by
virtue of scoring one goal less!

Manager Neil Young is in no doubt of the task
that Chester face tomorrow: “They have been
play-off semi-finalists and play-off finalists
for the past two years. They have had a great
start and their manager really knows what he is
doing. He’s been close before and he’ll
want to go one step further this season. We’ll
have a really big job on our hands.”

Manager
Neil Young has loaned out defender Michael
Taylor (pictured) to AFC Fylde for six weeks
in an effort to keep him match fit. The
player who signed a new contract in May
has so far started just once, at Altrincham,
in the opening five games this season following
the summer signings of central defenders
Dom Collins and Paul Linwood. The Blues
will be able to recall the player in the
first four weeks of that period.

Meanwhile Chester have moved to take Macclesfield
Town midfielder Scott Brown on a short term
deal after the player left Conference Premier
side Macclesfield Town. Brown could be in
the squad for tonight’s eagerly anticipated
home game against FC Halifax Town, kick-off
19:45hrs. Manager Young will welcome back
both Antoni Sarcevic and Wes Baynes from
injury to the squad for the clash.

Both Guiseley and Brackley Town kept the
pressure on with victories at Colwyn Bay
and Gloucester City respectively last night
as Chester look to keep pace with their
fellow pacesetters in making it six wins
out of six tonight.

Former Chester
player Bill Souter died at the end of August
at the age of 81. The Dundee-born full-back
played 51 league games for the club between
1957 and 1960 and our condolences go out
to his family and friends.